mightymoyes
Player Valuation: £70m
Good for Hornby to finally get off the mark this season, hopefully can go on a run now
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Ring master
Player Valuation: £90m
5-0 ON 68 Sambou PEN - Spurs have the ball snatched from them after their own free kick, Sambou takes it into the box is fouled, and converts the penalty
The last 2 Goodison games v spurs have been both 4-1 wins,so gone even better today
Ring master
Player Valuation: £90m
Bowler has come on for Everton, is through in the box, beats De Bie but sees his shot rebound across goal off the inside of the past-still 5-0
Ring master
Player Valuation: £90m
6-0 on 85 -Bowler- This time Everton sub Bowler comes in from the right and beats De Bie with a low 20 yarder
Ring master
Player Valuation: £90m
Everton u23s beat spurs 6-0 and return to the top of the u23s league,though it may be only for a day,
Scorers
Browning 10mins
OG on 21mins
Hornby on 38mins
Evans on 50mins
Sambou on 68mins
Bowler on 85mins
Next u23s game is this tuesday 7.30pm ko in the checkatrade trophy at Bradford city,
before then playing home [southport] v Benfica this friday at 7pm,in the premier league international cup
the next u23s league game is a week monday home to west ham,theres no location yet for that game
Scorers
Browning 10mins
OG on 21mins
Hornby on 38mins
Evans on 50mins
Sambou on 68mins
Bowler on 85mins
Next u23s game is this tuesday 7.30pm ko in the checkatrade trophy at Bradford city,
before then playing home [southport] v Benfica this friday at 7pm,in the premier league international cup
the next u23s league game is a week monday home to west ham,theres no location yet for that game
We seem to be playing slightly older youth teams and absolutely steam rollering our opponents.
Which is fine but I think it just shows how big the gap is between youth and first team football is.
The likes of Dowell walked this league two years ago as teenagers. At 21 they are WAY too good for this level.
Which is fine but I think it just shows how big the gap is between youth and first team football is.
The likes of Dowell walked this league two years ago as teenagers. At 21 they are WAY too good for this level.
catcherintherye
Player Valuation: £80m
I think we are playing sides that are now more equivalent to the sides we come up against. Before this season we generally hhad younger sides out than 90% of our opponents when we would play.
Quite what's caused this is an interesting question. Undoubtedly there has been a bit of a log jam, in moving so many talented players into the first team squad. While we've managed it with Davies, DCL, Holgate we are partly there with Dowell & Kenny. It makes sense for them to play some games for the 23's and train with the first team.
Maybe it's a strategic decision from Brands/Silva. That we need to be winning leagues at youth level and getting young players used to it?
Possibly Unsworth has had a role in it. Last season was a shambles results wise for the 23's and the 18's, who went from being amongst the best to being also-rans. I'd imagine he'd be keen to repeat his success of winning the league again.
Possibly we have just not done a good enough job with recruitment, and find players like Browning/Galloway etc who should have had clarity one way or another and be moved on.
I don't think it's a bad thing though. There is clearly a high standard expected to get into this team and it's not like opportunities aren't there for those who are good enough. We've started 5 lads under 22 this season. Todays team sees 3 lads under 22 start and more on the bench. The average age of the team today for the first team is just over 24.
I like the fact it's a challenge to get into the team. That for a player like Gordon he can see where Dowell is at, and knows he has to be better than him to hold down a place can only do him good.
As you say Dowell was to good for this level a couple of years ago. There were mutterings that Unsworth was keeping some of these lads for the U23's when they should have been going out on loan. Walsh for example had a great season on loan at Yeovil, then we refused to let him go out on loan to Bolton, amongst others, then kept him for the U23 which he was too good for. No point steam rolling our opponents unless it's going to help these players get into our first team. Brands is going to have to ensure that we are doing the correct thing to develop these young players and make sure we are not just boosting Unsworth's U23's chances of winning the league.
Ring master
Player Valuation: £90m
Everton u23s stayed top tonight On GD after Leicester and brighton drew 2-2,brighton scoring in injury time,decent finish,watched that on leicester's page,we are one of 4 teams on 11,and there is 2 teams on 10 points
Checkatrade vs. Bradford City being streamed tonight on OS for members if anyone is interested.
Ring master
Player Valuation: £90m
Bradford have lost 13 of there last 16 games in all comps
The link to the page is working but the stream isn't up yet.
Hopefully, it does work eventually. I've got zero faith in our IT capabilities.